A Scottish heirloom grown throughout the British Isles that produces thick, short shafts. Cliff Seruntine grows this old standard in his nearly 1-acre Nova Scotia garden, but winters there are so cold he can’t harvest in winter. William Woys Weaver grows it for sentimental reasons—and flavor. “This was the leek my great-grandmother grew,” he says.

'Tadorna'

110 days

A disease-resistant cultivar with thick shafts; overwinters in all but the coldest places